Posted by Barry Southon on December 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Sorry yet another favorite which I'd appreciate Critique and Advice on when you have time.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm @ 800mm hand held F/5.6 1/500sec ISO200
RAW to lightroom and re sized in PS3 for posting.
Thanks for looking
Barry
Eastbourne
Posted by David Kjaer on December 24, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Hi Barry
Your main problem with this image is you have cut off the bottom of the bird and it just doesn't work as an image. You have a little room at the top where you could have lowered the camera a little but my guess is it would have been tight in the frame so your answer would have been to shoot in 'portrait' format.
It looks like you were also shooting in very poor light but I'm sure you could have lifted the image a little in 'curves' or 'levels'
David
Posted by Paul King on December 24, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Hi Barry deffo not one of your best,, as per David.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on December 24, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Agree with David K, The heron being a tall bird suits portrait mode very well,Always leave room for legs even if you cant see them,Handholding a 800mm lens is not really advised either if you want consistant results-is it the new Canon 800? and the shutter speed is low for handholding-i would use ISO 400 as a norm with the 1D3 as the grain at 400 is very good
Dave
Posted by Tom Smit on December 25, 2008 at 5:09 AM
Hi Barry,
Most of it is allready said.
Also the grass in the FG is disturbing. I know it is difficult to avoid. I have the same problem many times. You think you have a nice shot, but when you're home you see something disturbing in FG or BG.
Posted by Richard Peters on December 26, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Hi Barry, I've noticed a lot of your photo's are quite dark...it might be worth seeing if your monitor is calibrated correctly? Also as Dave says handholding an 800mm isn't going to get the best results. Again this shot and some of your others are quite soft so it might be worth practicing your long lens technique to make the most of the focal length
I would say from this presentation the lighting works well with the overall compositon, particularly with the bit of what appears to be some sort of rock or stone to the right of the main image in the shot as well as the tones and shapes that forms the ground of your composition well. This composition works well as a painting or graphit drawing or charcoal study. The camera captures images that the photographer orchestrates for whatever purpose
Posted by Barry Southon on December 27, 2008 at 4:30 AM
Thanks for looking and the observations every factor helps. Interesting points arise as always. This photograph was taken whilst I was targeting Bald Eagles I was located along a spillway from Milford Dam. The Heron was below my direct line of vision within the culvert ravine. Thus restrictions existed from this position to include virtual legs and feet. As Dave suggested a portrait mode would have been the better option.
Richard also raises another valid point which again are my issues resulting from lack of knowledge. Monitor calibrations: I use a PC at home in the UK and a laptop whilst deployed in the USA. The PC seems very bright to me whilst the laptop tends to be darker. Whilst posting from the UK I use the PC thus maybe what I'm posting from my viewpoint is bright and vibrant but others with better calibrations see another presentation. This factor will always exist from my interpretation albeit I use Spyder 3 maybe I haven't set that up in the correct manner.
When you take the complex camera settings then lens settings added to the computer and monitor the choices are vast..
Perhaps I should have stuck with the Brownie 125.
My great enjoyment with this hobby is the challenge of finding the subject. Then positioning in order to capture a shot. The constant trial of improving on the last effort.
Your critique and advice is always well recieved Thanks.
Discussion
7 repliesCanon 1D3 Canon 800mm @ 800mm hand held F/5.6 1/500sec ISO200
RAW to lightroom and re sized in PS3 for posting.
Thanks for looking
Barry
Eastbourne
Your main problem with this image is you have cut off the bottom of the bird and it just doesn't work as an image. You have a little room at the top where you could have lowered the camera a little but my guess is it would have been tight in the frame so your answer would have been to shoot in 'portrait' format.
It looks like you were also shooting in very poor light but I'm sure you could have lifted the image a little in 'curves' or 'levels'
David
Dave
Most of it is allready said.
Also the grass in the FG is disturbing. I know it is difficult to avoid. I have the same problem many times. You think you have a nice shot, but when you're home you see something disturbing in FG or BG.
Richard also raises another valid point which again are my issues resulting from lack of knowledge. Monitor calibrations: I use a PC at home in the UK and a laptop whilst deployed in the USA. The PC seems very bright to me whilst the laptop tends to be darker. Whilst posting from the UK I use the PC thus maybe what I'm posting from my viewpoint is bright and vibrant but others with better calibrations see another presentation. This factor will always exist from my interpretation albeit I use Spyder 3 maybe I haven't set that up in the correct manner.
When you take the complex camera settings then lens settings added to the computer and monitor the choices are vast..
Perhaps I should have stuck with the Brownie 125.
My great enjoyment with this hobby is the challenge of finding the subject. Then positioning in order to capture a shot. The constant trial of improving on the last effort.
Your critique and advice is always well recieved Thanks.
Barry
Eastbourne